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One year after 'SPIN Night #1: ANGRIER & KINDER', this fifth event in the SPIN series puts the emphasis on the urgency of art. Last time SPIN Night #1 delved into strategies and problems of combining artistic and political voice - and now for this new event artists Kate McIntosh, Anna Rispoli and Nicolas Y Galeazzi propose an altogether different format of discussion that confronts art and political action.

On a Saturday afternoon, participants are invited to bring their chairs to the table and join the argument. Three challenging artworks that engage with social-political action in differing ways are presented as flash-points to focus the structured group discussions that follow. At three moderated discussion tables the participants and artists are invited to articulate, test, and exchange key questions that arise from their own practices, and that might open new scenarios.

How does one choose the case to defend, and the scale of the action?

Do artists use their skills to support political movements?

What kinds of concrete activation do they expect from their work?

What strategies may be effective today?

The invited artists presenting at 'EVEN ANGRIER & KINDER' are:

Jeanne van Heeswijk (NL): www.jeanneworks.net

WochenKlausur (AT): www.wochenklausur.at

Heath Bunting (UK): www.irational.org

BAVO (BE/NL): www.bavo.biz

FREE EVENT - limited places / booking essential!

tickets@beursschouwburg.be

More information about the event will be emailed to booked participants….

SPIN proposes this afternoon as the fifth in a series of events to encourage critical discussions around different urgent questions within art practice today.

SPIN Day #5 is part of the festival 'SAPERE AUDE! Dare to know!' at Beursschouwburg. For full program: http://www.beursschouwburg.be/en/event/802/#802